Mining Incidents

Blackhawk Mining LLCController

MSHA Controller ID: 0109461
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
1,158
Mines on record
63
Years on record
2013–2020

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
86th

More recorded fatalities than 86% of controllers on file.

Rank
#66of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.5×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
3
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

Top causes

  • ELECTRICAL2 fatalities · 7 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 58 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS258 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK203 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON174 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)94 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2020
26
2019
215 (2f)
2018
212
2017
282 (1f)
2016
231
2015
34

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
Contact with electrical current

EE was attempting to identify the problems with the scrubber motor on the JM 6911 continuous miner on the number one section in the number one entry when EE came in contact with electricity. The employee was brought to the surface and transported by ambulance to a Hospital where EE later passed away from the injury sustained from the incident.

Contact with electrical current

EE was working to replace a high voltage starter for the slope belt and was in the process of adjusting the mechanical linkage connected to the switch when EE came in contact with electricity. EE was transported via ambulance to CAMC Memorial where EE passed away from the injuries sustained from the incident.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

On 6/13/2017 a continuous miner operator was moving the continuous miner out of the #3 entry on the #1 Section. As EE backed the miner out of the entry EE was caught between the head of the continuous miner and the coal rib. This resulted in fatal crushing injuries.